Mykel

Where Mykel comes from

Mykel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1965
    Mykel Hawke born
    American actor, director, writer, instructor
  2. 1969
    Mykel Shannon Jenkins born
    American actor
  3. 1977
    First appearance
    #5,845 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1979
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1990
    Peak, #869
    139 babies named Mykel — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,382.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Mykel Shannon Jenkins · American actor, born 1969
  • Mykel Hawke · American actor, director, writer, instructor, born 1965
  • Mykel Williams · American football player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.